A suspended 9-year-old student showed up at Oakdale Elementary School in Green Township with an Airsoft rifle Wednesday afternoon and threatened another student, police said.

A suspended 9-year-old student showed up at Oakdale Elementary School in Green Township with an Airsoft rifle Wednesday afternoon and threatened another student, police said.

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Updated: 12:33 PM EDT Sep 4, 2014

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WEBVTT IS ABOUT TO BEGIN ON MONDAY.REPORTING LIVE.ADMINISTRATORS AT OAKDALEELEMENTARY ARE TRYING TO FIGUREOUT WHAT WENT WRONG WITH THESCHOOL'S EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONSYSTEM AFTER A STUDENT BROUGHTAND AIR SOFT RIFLE YEAR THESCHOOL YESTERDAY.KRISTY DAVIS IS LIVE IN THENEWSROOM WITH MORE.SCHOOL OFFICIALS TELL ME THEYTRY TO USE THE TECH CALL SYSTEMWHICH WOULD SEND OUT CALLS.LASTWEEK DURING A PRACTICELOCKDOWN.THEY'RE NOT SURE WHY IT WORKED.A NINE-YEAR-OLD WAS SUSPENDEDWHEN HE SHOWED UP NEAR THEPLAYGROUND WITH AIR SOFT RIFLEAND THREATENED TO SHOOT ONE OFTHE CHILDREN OUTSIDE.THE POLICE WAS CALLEDAND THECHILDREN REMOVED AND/OR.THE NOTIFICATION WENT OUT.SOME PARENTS SHOWED US THE TEXTMESSAGE UPDATE.THE SCHOOL ALSO POSTED ANEMERGENCY NOTIFICATION ONFACEBOOK.THE PRINCIPAL ADMITS SOMETHINGWENT WRONG WITH THE SYSTEM.THAT LEFT SEVERAL PARENTS IN THEDARK.WE DID OUR BEST TOMAKE THECALL.UNFORTUNATELY, SOME PARENTS DIDNOT GET IT.WE HAVE TO GET WITH THOSEPARENTS AND FIGURE OUT WHAT OURPROCEDURES ARE AND WHAT WE CANDO BETTER.THEY SENTA SECOND TECH CALLALONG WITH AN E-MAIL ANDFACEBOOK POST ASKING ANY PARENTSWHO DID NOT RECEIVE THISMORNING'S CALL TO CALL THEOFFICE SO THEY CAN IDENTIFY THEPROBLEM.